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At a meeting of University of Hawai`i Cancer Center faculty on November 21, Cancer Center Director Michele Carbone told his colleagues he will be rejoining the ranks of the center’s faculty to focus on his internationally-recognized cancer work. “It has been a great privilege to lead the cancer center since December 2008,” said Dr. Carbone. […]

Before the Kaka`ako campus was built and opened in 2005, The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) was located within the Biomed tower at the University of Hawai`i Mānoa Campus. On Oct. 30, 2004, the lower levels of that tower were hit by a four-foot wall of water from a powerful flood which struck […]

Men from the University of Hawai`i stood in solidarity against domestic violence last week, as they marched through the streets of downtown Honolulu in the 20th “Men’s March Against Domestic Violence”. Scores of UH administrators and UH Rainbow Warrior Football Players joined in the march, in support of UH Medical School Dean Jerris Hedges, MD, […]

The medical student health care providers of the H.O.M.E. (Homeless Outreach and Medical Education) Project make a merry night of it at a homeless shelter in Wai’anae on the Saturday before Halloween in October 2014. The medical students, from the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), disguised as Leggos and other fun characters, created […]

To see our slideshow photos by Ishikawa Photography, Inc. directly, click UH Med Flickr Every John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) MD student can use the boost of praise…and cash…that comes with achievement awards made possible by generous donors to the University of Hawai`i medical school. Members of the MD Class of 2014, on […]

John A. Burns School of Medicine graduate and University of Hawai`i Assistant Professor of Medicine Dr. Stephen Kemble is the new president of the Hawai`i Medical Association (HMA). Dr. Kemble has a longstanding interest in health care reform. His presidential inauguration address was titled “Health Reform and Professional Ethics.” In addition to being a psychiatrist […]